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Troops and veterans who have had limbs amputated must go through a full-body scanner, receive a pat-down and be swabbed for explosives to get through security at U.S. airports. While service members have heard civilians say the measures should not be necessary, they understand the importance of the security measures. "We have an obligation to check," TSA spokesman Nico Melendez said, adding that objects such as knives and swords have been found inside prostheses.

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U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., asked the Transportation Security Administration to explain why the agency made a double-amputee Marine get out of his wheelchair at a checkpoint in Phoenix. The Marine was required to stand and walk to a screening area, in spite of his mobility limitations, and also remove his prostheses for inspection. TSA regulations call for a full-body scan and pat-down of all those wearing prostheses, but such travelers are not required to remove the devices, although some arm amputees do so voluntarily.

Expect more aggressive pat-downs at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration. The body searches will be done if a passenger sets off electronic screening or refuses to pass through a full-body scan. Critics say the pat-downs go too far.

Three airports in the New York area still have not received full-body scanners after being told they would have the equipment by September. Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports will receive the scanners "in the coming weeks," according to the Transportation Security Administration. A TSA spokeswoman said travelers passing through the airports are not less safe than they would be at airports that have the scanners. She explained that the scanners are intended to move travelers through security more quickly than metal detectors, pat-downs and behavioral profiling.

Ministers in the U.K. say that airline passengers will not have the option of getting a full-body pat-down search rather than going through a full-body search scanner when the devices are introduced at Heathrow airport next week. At U.S. airports, passengers are given a choice.

Ministers in the U.K. say that airline passengers will not have the option of getting a full-body pat-down search rather than going through a full-body search scanner when the devices are introduced at Heathrow airport next week. At U.S. airports, passengers are given a choice.